I have found the 951G-2HnD to be a fabulous wap/router for soho and residential environments, with one real drawback. The 2.4ghz spectrum is rather crowded in a lot of places, but not all commonly connected devices in our environments will support 5ghz instead. Can anyone tell me if a dual band (2.4ghz and 5ghz) 802.11a/b/g/n soho packaged WAP/Router is on the roadmap? From my sofa in my living room I can count no less than 15 other 2.4ghz WAPs showing up in my wireless surveys. For those of us that need a little elbow room, any chance of getting a device like this in the near future?
I am willing to buy the model in question but actually if there were even the 5 Ghz would be the perfect product! For if there is a new product identical but 5Ghz?
Sorry for my english 
I am willing to buy the model in question but actually if there were even the 5 Ghz would be the perfect product! For if there is a new product identical but 5Ghz?
Sorry for my english
I agree with you, it would be perfect if the router was also dual band 
We are working on dual band products in the future, but for now, you can assemble your own with the RB433, RB911 or other devices that have miniPCI slots.
For example this:
http://routerboard.com/RB912UAG-2HPnD
makes a nice dual band AP
@normis,
Thank you for confirming that dual band soho packaged devices are on your roadmap. If you could provide an ETA for such a device that would be even better. 
Unfortunately the example you posted would result in a WAP with a single Ethernet port, something that just won’t work for my use cases. I have all 5 Ethernet ports on the 951 here at home utilized, plus another 8 wireless clients, all in our tiny 2 bedroom apartment! 
The last thing my wife wants is yet more equipment showing up, so a single device that fits the bill would be perfect.
Now for you is only possible make dual band AP with rb493xx + two cards…
… and modified case if you want to use 2 cards with both chains - 4 antennas total, but only 3 holes in CA411-711 and CA433 …
JF
@JanezFord,
That’s the issue I run into when thinking to build my own. Brand loyalty just isn’t worth the hassle, time investment, and cost of all that put together, not to mention the resulting case wouldn’t survive the ‘does it look nice’ test. Mikrotik has a great product here and the price-point is all but perfect for the soho packages, it just needs to go that extra distance for this use-case to be a really killer option. I would buy 5 the day they were released if the price-point stayed in the sub-$100US range just to upgrade networks for friends and family.
It is true 
Hello,
what is about the brand new Mikrotik RB953GS-5HnT, that is announced for Q1 in the year 2014?
Could this be a alternate board for your dual band AP?
And by the way if we are only talking about a wireless AP and not a router and this also for indoor usage,
you could try out the i4wifi website they are dealing with modificated or better
with custom cases for MikroTik´s RouterBoards!
WaveRF Universal indoor case for RB433/411(AH) = 9 antenna holes
WaveRF indoor case for two RB433(AH) = 6 antenna holes
WaveRF Universal indoor case for RB433 (UAH) / RB411(U/R) = 3 Antenna holes, one can be drilled by yourself
WaveRF indoor case for RB435G = 10 antenna holes
Could this be something for you?
@Kreacher,
Much obliged for the information and links, but we’re still falling short on the gig Ethernet port count and horsepower there. The cases are nice enough, but I think all the extra holes would start to bother me after a while. As I mentioned initially, the 951G-2HnD is everything needed, just missing the 5ghz ap portion!
I would literally eat a pine-cone if it meant the release of an RB2011 type chassis that had dual band 2x2 wireless capability.
At the company I work for a the missing dual band Soho model is the ONLY thing keeping us from putting mikrotik products in our end users hands.
So we are in 2015 now…
Any new of a dual band 951 or 2011 type board?
In fact Dual band anything?
Dual band radios should be in all devices. In most of them there should be at least another one slot to install second radio card and two sma holes ready for pigtails. Because two independent radios are much more useful than one dual radio.
Two independent radios also usually means more expensive
I asked just for some pci connector. It will not make device so much more expensive.
News for RB951 dual band ?
Not a chance.